Showers in S.F.’s forecast for 1st time in months

For the first time in months, San Francisco is expected to get rain showers Sunday, forecasters said.

It hasn’t rained in San Francisco since May 7, but that could change Sunday morning when there’s a 30 percent chance rainy weather will sweep through the city and linger throughout the day, said Steve Anderson, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Monterey.

The city could receive around a tenth of an inch or less of precipitation on Sunday, the final day of the three-day Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival. Temperatures will be lower — probably around 60 degrees in San Francisco.

Similar conditions are predicted for the North Bay, where two-tenths of an inch of rain will probably fall Sunday, Anderson said.

Chances of rainfall in the East Bay are slightly lower at 20 percent.

While the rain will be light, it should be enough to wet the ground and slicken roads as oil embedded in the roadway percolates up, said Officer John Fransen, a spokesman for the California Highway Patrol.

“We’re asking people to use extreme caution and give themselves extra time to head to wherever they’re going so they can slow it down and have an adequate cushion between their vehicle and the one in front of them,” he said.

The rainy conditions Sunday will probably continue into Monday as another round of showers is expected in the Bay Area, Anderson said.

Up in the Sierra, around 2 to 3 inches of snow is expected in areas above 6,500 feet of elevation on Sunday, according to the National Weather Service in Sacramento.